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Summer Trivia
100
Find the total cost after 9% tax on a purchase of $45.67. Round to the nearest cent.
$49.78
100
Brian decided to buy four concert tickets online for $125 each plus a 2.75% transaction fee on the total. How much money did he spend?
$513.75
100
Use the data in the table to determine if the relationship is linear? Explain.
It is not linear. There is not a constant rate of change. (Hint: Find the slope between two different sets of data points)
100
Find the median of the data set
3, 5, 11, 11, 17, 18, 20, 32, 32, 50
17.5
100
What does SPF stand for?
Sun Protection Factor
200
Sarah plans to invest $4,800 with Vanguard Investment Company. The investment grows by 6.2% per year but she pays 1.1% in fees. Factoring in the fees, write an equation for the predicted value, y, of Sarah’s investment after x years.
y=4,800(1.051)^x
200
You have just found a job as a sales rep. The pay is an hourly rate of $14.25 plus a 4.5% commission based on your weekly total sales.
What would your gross paycheck be if you worked 20 hours and sold $1,000 in merchandise?
$330
200
You plan to visit a college that is 276 miles away. Your car gets 31 miles per gallon on the highway. How many gallons of gas would you need for a round trip? Determine your answer to the nearest gallon.
17.8 so report 18 gallons
200
Find the mean of the data below
3, 5, 11, 11, 17, 18, 20, 32, 32, 50
19.9
200
Two vegetables experience higher sales in August than during all the other months of the year in the US. Name one of the vegetables.
Corn and Squash
300
Your hourly rate for working as a mechanic is $32 per hour. You also have the possibility of overtime for which you would be paid time and a half. Time and a half will be paid only after you work a 40-hour typical work week. Calculate your pay if you work a 51-hour work week.
$1,808.00
300
Niyah got a $700 necklace for her birthday. If the value of the necklace depreciates by 8% per year, how much would the necklace be worth after 3 years? Round to the nearest cent.
$545.08
300
Use the table above to find the value after 11 months.
$325
300
Of the total people in the sample, what percentage chose basketball as their favorite sport?
31%
300
What vitamin can you get from direct sunlight?
Vitamin D
400
A hairdresser charges $35 for a haircut. Her operating expenses are, on average, $205 per day. She calculates her profit, P, by subtracting her operating costs from the money she earns from the haircuts she gives. If the hairdresser gives h haircuts in a day, write an equation for her daily profit, P, in terms of h.
P=35h-205
400
You work as a Sales Associate where your earnings are based on the number of hours you work, represented by H, and the commission earned on the amount of money you bring in with new accounts, represented as A. Your hourly rate earned is $22/hour, and your commission earned is 8% of the money from your new accounts sold.Write an expression with variables H and A that represents your monthly pay.
22H + 0.08A
400
Charlie worked her 40 hours last week, plus 6 overtime hours at the time-and-a-half rate. His gross pay was $693.38. Determine his hourly rate. Round to the nearest cent.
$14.15 per hour
400
Of the females in the sample, what percentage chose football as their favorite sport?
25%
400
The month of July was named after which historical personality?
Julius Caesar
500
Consider two investment accounts, one with an APR of 9%, the other with an APR of 3%. Both are compounded annually and have the same initial deposit of $100, with no further deposits or withdrawals. After 15 years, how much more interest will the account with an APR of 9% have earned then the account with an APR of 3%? Round to the nearest cent.
$208.45
500
You have just found a job as a sales rep. The pay is an hourly rate of $9.25 plus a 3.5% commission based on your weekly total sales.
You calculate that you need to earn at least $400 a week to pay for college expenses. How many hours would you have to work each week? Assume that you sell $2000 in merchandise per week.
36 hours
500
Determine the equation that models the data in the table.
y=2/3x-5
500
Given the graph of function f shown above, for what value of x is the value of f(x) at its minimum?
-3
500
Which summer blockbuster film was the first to be promoted to the audience by expensive television advertising?
Jaws